India has invited the South African business community to invest in its renewable energy sector
Energy
Construction begins on Olkaria geothermal power project
Construction work on the Olkaria 280MW geothermal project has been launched by Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki
Nigeria and Canada in US$23 million electricity deal
Nigeria’s federal government has signed a US$23 million deal with Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) to improve power transmission in the West African country
African Engen Petroleum initiates planogram solutions
Engen Petroleum, an African downstream petroleum company with operations in 20 sub-Saharan countries, has begun to use Space Planning and Intactix Knowledge Base solutions in order to optimise management of its store planograms, fixtures, cluster data, product attributes, and performance data
AfDB grant loan for Ghana thermal power plant expansion
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has sanctioned a loan of US$60 million for the expansion of the Takoradi II thermal power plant in Ghana